The industrial and commercial sector is beckoning civil servants to join its party, so is the grassroot party. There may arise an interesting situation in future: if the chief of the grassroot party which comes into power appoints a number of his "fellas" to fill the important posts, the superior in the old days will then become the subordinates of these "newly-promo ted"; and if the old superior is a member of another party, there will be a mix-up of boss and subordinates, with completely different political views too. This will result in segregation and opposition among the civil service, and conflicts and disputes over political views will become inevitable.
The participation of civil servants in political parties also gives rise to many new problems. Having joined a political party, a senior civil servant who is responsible for policy-making will become the party's mole in Government departments, searching everywhere like a hound for the weaknesses of the ruling party on which attacks can be launched. Being narrowly partisan and with different political views, a civil servant who belongs to another party may appear to be doing his best in implementing the policies made by the Government, but in fact these policies are being distorted, resulting in undesirable administration. Or dilatory tactics are employed so that good policies cannot be put into practice; or he may make public addresses in the capacity of a party member during after office hours, enumerating the blunders of the ruling party and criticizing the official policies so as to embarrass the Government, making it lose all its credibility. Consequently, the Chief Executive will decide not to allow this senior civil servant to attend important policy metings or have access to classified documents.
But civil service unions will then protest by staging industrial actions, bringing the operation of the Government to a standstill.
When the participation of civil servants in political parties becomes a common practice, one has to seek affiliation to a group in order to gain a foothold or speedy promotion because once his party wins, members will be awarded according to their contribution and those with a high canvassing ability will be promoted. In fact, he performs very badly in his official post, is often absent from his office or makes frequent phone calls during office hours to arrange things for the party. However,